Saturday. March 6, 2010
Jeremy Noseda, winning trainer of Awesome Act (No. 4): “He handled the dirt today. You would think a horse by Awesome Again would handle the dirt. For the first time, it’s all we could ask for. He’s a horse that is reminding me all the time of [2004 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner] Wilko.”
“I believed in this horse today. It was a good, solid race, but there were no graded stakes winners. It’s the first hurdle out of the way, so the dream lives on. We’ll be back for the [Grade 1] Wood Memorial [April 3]. He’ll stay at
“We had the discussion about him possibly being a
Julien Leparoux, winning jockey aboard Awesome Act (No.4): “He just did everything perfect. He broke well and appeared to get a good position around the first turn, relaxed on the backside, and he was good. He was beyond good on the dirt; it didn’t matter to him at all. He just did everything on his own, he put me in the right spots, and then he just finished very nice. I think more distance will be good.”
Edgar Prado, rider aboard second-place finisher Yawanna Twist (No.2): I'm very happy. I was right behind the winner and when the winner got through I followed him. It was the first time I had to really get in and ride him hard and I think he relaxed and took a couple strides and figured out what to do. He's a very nice horse and I'm very happy with it [the race].”
